The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07


all troubled about the republican VOTE
They are still for Cleveland Neic
York Times (Mug,cunp).
IT is an ancient saying of the slave
times that cole Virginny never tires"
But she seems to have grown pretty
tired of democracy. Kentucky also
shows some signs of weariness.-Cin
cinnah Commercial Gazette.
The Missouri Republican, the admin
istration organ of st. Louis, informs
the Grand Army of the Republic that
it invited itself to that city, that its
presence will be unwelcome, and that
after all it had better remain away.
THE difference between third party
prohibitionists and other temperance
people is that the former persist in
marching right on to Richmond by way
of Bull Run while the latter prefer the
surer but more roundabout trip by way
of the Wilderness Sprinafeld Union,
THE Manchester Mirror, which is
not favorable to Mr. Blaine's nominal
ton, says: {" If the selection of the
next president were to be left to re-
publicans James G.. Blaine would be
the man by three-fourths majority"
To whom should the selection of the
candidate be left, if not to republicans?
THE talk of Robert Lincoln as a
presidential candidate seems to be
mostly based on the fact that he is a
son of his father. Now there is Sena-
tor Ben Harrison of Indiana who is
not Senator Ben? Harrison and Haw-
ley would make grand ticket.-Bar-
ton Monitor.
GENERAL BUTLER declared, in a
speech at Boston last week, that he
would dispose of the treasury surplus
by giving the Union soldiers service
pensions and then distribute the rest
among confederate veterans. 1t ought
to be a long time before the nation con-
sents to reward those who fought to
destroy the Union.
Mr.. BLAINE is personally making no
effort looking to the presidential nom
nation. Whatever feeling may have
developed itself, whatever may have
been done-as, for instance, the en-
dorsement of Blaine by the Pennsvl-
vania republican convention-has been
the spontaneous work of his admirers
in the republican ranks. Toledo Blade.
If Cleveland is renominated next
year there are going to be enough DEM
ocratic mugwumps to offset the votes
of mugwumps of the other persuasion.
All the predictions that Cleveland will
be reelected are mistakenly based
upon the assumption that he will get as
many votes as he received in 1884.
This is practically out of the question.
THE August crop report from the De-
partment of Agriculture gives the fol-
lowing estimate of the condition of
growing crops in Vermont: Corn, 1O1
per cent; spring wheat, 9S; rye, 99;
oats, lO1; clover hay, 100; apples, 70;
grapes, 81. No estimate is made of
potatoes, and local reports are not en-
couraging. The oat estimate is too
high for good part of the state.
Hon. FREDERICK BILLINGS recog-
nizes the fact that the appropriation
made by the state legislature last fall is
altogether too inadequate to provide a
suitable monument to commemorate the
achievements of the Vermont soldiers
at Gettysburg, and increases the amount
with a personal subscription of $500.
All honor to Mr. Billings. Here is an
excellent opportunity for others to aid
in noble works.. Adams Mes
Senger.
WHAT wretched farce an election
is in Georgia is shown by the fact that
last October ten democrats were elected
to congress from that state and less
than $4,000 votes were cast for all the
candidates. The opposition to the
democratic nominees only mustered
1850 votes, and of these ,537 were in
one district. In five congressional dis
tricts only sixteen opposition votes
were counted and no one knows how
many were cast.-BoSton Advertiser.
A TOLEDO dispatch, August 80, says:
Robert 7. Lincoln told Blade re-
porter that under no circumstances
would he accept the presidential
nomination. If there were any pos
sible way he would stop all mention of
his name for any public office. He has
seen enough of Washington official life,
and has lost all desire for it, The
presidency is only gilded prison, and
cares and worry outweigh the honor.
There is no likelihood of his receiving
the nomination. Pledges would be de-
manded and he would make none"
THE able railroad editors of the r..
Y. will be shocked to read the follow
ing from the Woodstock Standard, for
they are evidently of the opinion that
they know all about the question that
" is too big for the commission or for
congress itself" The Standard saws:
In the present condition of things there is
hardship for the Vermont producer. But
we fear that the question is too big for the
commission or for congress itself, and it is
well enough to caution our farmers not to
expect too much. The fact is, the railroad
problem is by far the largest in this country,
and the dissimilar circumstances surround
ing the various lines renders any uniform
regulations very difficult of enforcement.
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